CFB

STATS FCS Senior Editor=London seeks to lift William & MaryBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - It still seems odd to many that a head coach other than Jimmye Laycock will be patrolling the William & Mary sideline this year.The Tribe were under Laycock's direction for the last 39 seasons.His successor is...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Surprises always lurk in CAA FootballBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - They're sitting right there in plain sight in CAA Football. It's simply a matter of which one or two teams will become the surprise of the conference this season.It basically never fails to happen in the FCS...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Wofford favored in tight SoConBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - It almost doesn't seem fair the newest coach in the Southern Conference - Chattanooga's Rusty Wright - is being thrown into the gauntlet so quickly.The Mocs face Eastern Illinois, Jacksonville State, Tennessee and James Madison before they can...

Montana's Olson on preseason Butkus Award list (STATS) - Montana senior Dante Olson was the lone FCS player nominated Monday to the preseason watch list of the 35th annual Butkus Award, which honors the nation's best linebackers.The 6-foot-3, 227-pound Olson, from Medford, Oregon, finished third in voting for the...

No surprise: Clemson picked to win 5th straight ACC titleGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) Reigning national champion Clemson is the heavy favorite to win a fifth straight Atlantic Coast Conference championship.The league said Monday that the Tigers earned 170 of 173 votes from media members at last week's preseason media...

STATS FCS Senior Editor=Eastern Kentucky seeks return to OVC prominenceBy CRAIG HALEY(STATS) - A four-game winning streak to end last season still fuels Eastern Kentucky eight months later."I feel like we still have the momentum," junior defensive back Josh Hayes says.The big finish allowed the Colonels to have their...

Wofford is preseason pick to win Southern ConferenceSPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) Two-time defending Southern Conference champion Wofford has been picked by the league's head coaches and the media to win the title again this season.The Southern Conference announced the results Monday at its annual preseason football gathering.Wofford, which finished...

The Latest: Millen recovers from heart transplant surgeryCHICAGO (AP) The Latest from Big Ten football media days (all times local):11:25 a.m.Matt Millen will be back in a broadcast booth when the coming college football season begins, new heart and all.The former Penn State star who played on four-time...

Harbaugh Michigan looking to play game outside USCHICAGO (AP) Michigan hasn't played a game outside the United States in more than a century but coach Jim Harbaugh said that will change soon.Asked about the possibility of playing a game in Mexico, Harbaugh tipped an upcoming international date.''We're close...

Media picks Alabama to beat Georgia again in SEC title gameBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Defending Southeastern Conference champion Alabama is the favorite to once again beat Georgia in the title game in a preseason media poll.The Crimson Tide was selected by 203 of 260 voters this week at SEC...

Associated PressEx-Giants offensive lineman Mitch Petrus dies of heat strokeBy JILL BLEEDLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Offensive lineman Mitch Petrus, a walk-on at Arkansas who went on to a three-year NFL career that included a Super Bowl win with the New York Giants, has died. He was 32.Pulaski County...

Beanie Wells offering reward for capture of brother's killerAKRON, Ohio (AP) Former Ohio State and NFL player Beanie Wells is offering a $5,000 reward for the capture of the person who gunned down his brother.Akron police said 31-year-old Joel ''Joey'' Wells was found in a driveway in Akron...